cookoff

or cook-off

[ kook-awf, -of ]

/ ˈkɒɒkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a cooking contest in which competitors gather to prepare their specialties.

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Origin of cookoff

First recorded in 1955–60; cook¹ + -off

Words nearby cookoff

cookie sheet, cooking, Cook Inlet, Cook Island Māori, Cook Islands, cookoff, cookout, cookshack, cookshop, cook someone's goose, Cookson